Iván Sorribes

Bio and research interests
Iván Sorribes was born in Castellón de la Plana (Spain) in 1983. He obtained the Bachelor's degree in Chemistry (2007) and Master's degree in Molecular Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2009) from the University Jaume I (UJI). As a FPI-UJI (2008-2009) and FPU (2009-2012) fellow, he developed his PhD thesis (awarded with the Cum Laude mark, the International Mention, and the UJI Doctorate Prize) on the chemistry of molybdenum chalcogenide clusters. He received funding from competitive calls (FPU Mobility Grant) to carry out 2 research stays abroad (5 months), and 2 national ones (1 month). At the same group, he performed a 6-month postdoctoral stage where he consolidated the research line on Cluster Catalysis. In April 2013, he did a 2-year postdoctoral stay at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (Germany) working on the design of transition metal-mediated homogeneous catalytic processes involving reductive functionalization reactions. Remarkably, he also participated in 3 contracts with industry. In 2015, he moved to the Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ) funded, first by a Juan de la Cierva fellow (Call 2013), and later by a postdoctoral grant/project of the Polytechnic University of Valencia. He prepared cobalt-molybdenum sulfides and applied them as heterogeneous catalysts for selective transformations in fine chemistry. In May 2018, he returned to UJI with a “Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación” contract, and he developed his own research lines in the area of heterogeneous catalysis and nanoscience. He got further funding from UJI, and from the Mobility Program José Castillejo. He did a 3-month research stay at the Centro de Desenvolvimento de Materiais Funcionais (Saõ Carlos, Brazil). In July 2020, he came back to the ITQ, and funded by 2 self-driven projects (SEJI and CIDEGENT) from the GENT Plan of the Valencian Community, he led the research line on the development of metal sulfides/oxides for heterogeneous catalysis. He was awarded a Ramon y Cajal contract (call 2021), which renounced in favor of the CIDEGENT program. Since 21st December 2022, he is an Associated Professor of the Inorganic and Organic Chemistry Department and Principal Investigator of the Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM) at UJI. He has participated in 25 competitive research projects (and 5 funded by industry): 2 European, 12 National (2 including I+D+i international programs), 6 Regional, and 5 Local ones. He has been PI in 13 of these projects (total budget funded as PI = 1.323.694,85 €). He accumulates 32 months of mobility abroad, 5 as a PhD student and 27 as a postdoctoral researcher. His scientific output includes 39 publications (7 as corresponding author (CA)): Impact Factor-IF > 8 [15]; 8< IF > 4 [16]; almost 90 % in Q1; 40% in D1; >1800 citations (WOS); h-index of 21 (WOS) and i10-index of 33 (Google Scholar). Overall, he has supervised 3 Master and 2 PhD Theses, 3 Erasmus+ Traineeships, and 5 PhD supervision are currently ongoing. He has presented his scientific achievements in international conferences through 10 poster communications and 15 lectures (1 invited talk). He is a regular scientific reviewer of Nat. Commun.; Adv. Sci.; J. Am. Chem. Soc.; Angew. Chem. Int. Edit.; ACS Catal.; Green Chem.; ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.; J. Catal; Green Chem. Lett. Rev.; Appl. Catal., A; ChemCatChem; J. CO2 Util.; J. Phys. Chem. Solids; Catal. Lett.; ChemistrySelect. He is a collaborating expert of the Coordination and Evaluation Subdivision of the State Research Agency (AEI).